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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has processed $2.1 Billion in VAT refunds that were claimed by Oil and Gas Companies at the end of 2019, GRA’s Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia said while noting that refunds are now being paid in a timely manner. At the time, Mr Statia was appearing before the Public Accounts Committee […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde is of the view that the “simplistic” approach being taken by the Government to address the shortage of nurses in Guyana will only result in the further migration of nurses and other key medical personnel. Faced with an acute shortage of nurses in the public healthcare sector due to […]
Longtime executive member of the People’s Progressive Party, Dr. Roger Luncheon passed away this morning at the Georgetown Hospital, where he was recovering from an ailment. He was a patient of the hospital for several weeks. Dr. Luncheon served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Secretariat for more than 20 years under various […]
The largest party in the APNU coalition, the People’s National Congress, is calling on all Guyana to recommit to the fight to restore the ongoing loss of freedoms in our society —both politically and economically. In its emancipation day message, the Opposition party noted that at the political level, Guyanese must continue to resist “a […]
With the country’s oil and gas sector booming, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has admitted that it currently lacks the capacity to conduct full audits of the oil companies, even as the same oil companies and their sub-contractors continue to hire away staff from the GRA. On Monday, the Commissioner General of the GRA, Godfrey […]
In an Emancipation Day message to the nation, President Irfaan Ali stated that the government remains committed to the struggle for reparations for the crime of African enslavement. He said the Government demands that those who were complicit in and who profited from the trade in captive Africans and African enslavement “pay just reparations”. According […]
Five years after Guyana signed onto China’s Belt and Road Initiative, President Irfaan Ali has signaled the country’s willingness to conclude negotiations on the Initiative’s Joint Action Plan as he wrapped up an eight-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. The Joint Action Plan would guide the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, […]
Guyana joined the rest of the world on Sunday in observing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In a statement, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, said the Government remains committed to the fight against trafficking in persons and the continued efforts to dismantle networks and prosecute perpetrators who commit the heinous act, while ensuring […]
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali met and held discussions today with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a statement from the Chinese Government, President Xi expressed the willingness of his government to support the advancement of the ‘One Road, One Belt’ Initiative in Guyana, while simultaneously assisting with the implementation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy […]
Chief Justice Roxane George today dismissed a Court Challenge mounted by the Public Service Union challenges the nomination of Mr. Mohandatt Goolsarran, to sit as a Commissioner on the Public Service Commission. Mr. Goolsarran was nominated by the Public Service Senior Staff Association. The legal action filed by the GPSU was to essentially question the […]
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